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12:00 PM ET, March 23, 2015

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Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
In Clinton Emails on Benghazi, a Rare Glimpse at Her Concerns  —  WASHINGTON — It was a grueling hearing.  A month after the September 2012 attack on the United States diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, House Republicans grilled a top State Department official about security lapses at the outpost.
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Cruz enters race with website challenge  —  Sen. Ted Cruz's nascent campaign for the White House is running into its first signs of digital trouble.  —  While the firebrand Texas Republican prepares to announce his bid for the presidency on Monday morning, he does not appear to have control …
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New York Times:
Ted Cruz Becomes First Major Candidate to Announce Presidential Bid for 2016  —  LYNCHBURG, Va. — Senator Ted Cruz of Texas on Monday formally announced his candidacy for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, promising a campaign that would be about “re-igniting the promise of America.”
Discussion: Hit & Run and The Week
Tré Goins-Phillips / The Liberty Champion:
Ted Cruz to announce bid for presidency
Janet Hook / Wall Street Journal:
Ted Cruz Announces 2016 GOP Presidential Bid
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Netanyahu pollster: Obama role in election larger than reported  —  President Obama's role during the Israeli elections was larger than reported, according to a pollster for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party.  —  “What was not well reported in the American media …
Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:
Reconsidering My August Post on Ferguson and ‘Conflicting Accounts’  —  In the heat of a very hot news moment last summer, I criticized a Times story about the shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo.  —  Now, with the benefit of hindsight, I want to acknowledge that I misjudged an important element of that story.
Derrick Rose / WHAS-TV:
Encounter with officer ends in tears, smiles and viral photo  —  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WHAS11) — At the Rodes City Run, there are no losers; not even the person who finishes dead last.  Asia Ford wears that badge with a smile as long as the race itself.  —  The annual event is just one leg of her life's journey.
Discussion: abc30.com and WRIC-TV
Larry J. Sabato / Politico:
Why this scandal won't hurt Hillary  —  History show us that presidential candidates tend to weather controversy better than senators and congressmen.  —  Lead image by Getty.  —  Admit it: You love a juicy scandal.  We claim to be high-minded and policy-oriented, but our noses are buried …
Donna Rachel Edmunds / BREITBART.COM:
Kurdish ‘Fighters’ Kick Islamists Off London Street  —  In scenes reminiscent of the battle for Kobani, Kurds clashed with Islamists, including well known preacher Anjem Choudary, on the streets of Wood Green, London yesterday at about 5pm.  —  According to the Haringey Independent …
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Victoria Oliphant / Haringey Independent:   VIDEO: Police and demonstrators clash in high street ‘mini riot’
Maureen Callahan / New York Post:
‘In Islam, they are all rotten apples’: Ex-Muslim's call for religion's reboot  —  There was a time when author and activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali believed it all: that, according to Islam, the infidel should die, that the Quran is infallible, that those who violated sharia law — thieves, gays …
Discussion: The Jawa Report and BizPac Review
Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
Boehner eyes ‘doc fix’ breakthrough  —  The House is inching closer to a major deal on Medicare payments that could help cement a legacy for Speaker John Boehner.  —  Boehner has spent two months quietly working with Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi to finally solve a Medicare payment problem …
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Florida's Patrick Murphy running for Marco Rubio's Senate seat  —  Florida Rep. Patrick Murphy formally announced his campaign for Senate on Monday, saying he's ready to fight for the highly competitive seat regardless of whether or not Marco Rubio runs for reelection.
Salon:
“They made it crystal clear that the ask was from Hillary”: Inside the Clinton fundraising machine — as secretary of state  —  Hillary tapped Kris Balderston, the hit list author, to keep the Clinton political network humming at State.  A longtime lieutenant to both Clintons, Balderston …
Luis Martinez / ABC News:
Some Service Members on Purported ISIS ‘Hit List’ Unfazed by Threat … Several of the military service members whose personal information appears on a purported ISIS “hit list” said today they are unfazed by the online threat, as military officials continued the process of notifying individuals named on the list.
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U.S. Central Command / Facebook:   USCENTCOM Chief of Staff sends:  —  I am sending this message …
Randy Page / BJU Public Relations:
Bob Jones III Apologizes for 1980 Statement  —  GREENVILLE, S.C. (March 21, 2015) - Earlier this week, Bob Jones University received a petition asking for an apology for a statement former BJU President Bob Jones III made to the Associated Press in 1980 while attending a meeting at The White House.
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Ex-Daily Caller Blogger Criticizes Fox ‘Monopoly’ On Conservative TV News (VIDEO)  —  Former Daily Caller blogger Mickey Kaus on Sunday lamented that Fox News dominates conservative media as the only television network on the right.  —  Kaus quit his job at The Daily Caller last week after …
Discussion: CNN
Glenn Harlan Reynolds / USA Today:
Two ripe targets for GOP  —  Silicon Valley, Hollywood not popular with public.  But will Republicans seize opportunity?  —  The Republicans have a real opportunity to connect with voters and win big in 2016.  But to do so, they'll have to get over their traditional love for Big Business.
Discussion: JustOneMinute
Tyler Hill / WTVA-TV:
Corinth police investigating assault, possible hate crime  —  CORINTH, Miss. (WTVA) — The Corinth Police Department is investigating an assault on a Corinth man that left him with at least one broken bone.  —  Police Chief Ralph Dance said the assault happened Friday afternoon around one o'clock in the parking lot of Walmart.
Lev Tsitrin / American Thinker:
Obama is enraged - by Netanyahu quoting Kerry  —  According to the April 18, 2013 U.K. Telegraph: “Mr Kerry, the US secretary of state, told the US House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday that the ‘window’ for a two state solution was ‘shutting’.
Discussion: Israel Matzav and New York Post
 
 
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Ron Fournier / National Journal:
(Not So) Happy Anniversary, Obamacare!
Nathan Brown / Twin Falls Times-News:
Idaho House Calls for Impeachment of ‘Activist Judges’
Lara Logan / CBS News:
Iraq's Christians persecuted by ISIS
Discussion: Hot Air and Power Line
Joshua GreenGLOBE / BostonGlobe.com:
Warren would be a credible threat to Clinton in the primaries
Cameron Joseph / The Hill:
Ready for Hillary ready to step aside as she prepares campaign
Discussion: Bloomberg Business
Eli Lake / Bloomberg View:
Obama's Empty Message to Iran
Discussion: American Thinker and Power Line
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Ron Klain / TechCrunch:
The Regulatory Fault Line For Startups Moves To Washington
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Twitchy
Ben Brody / Bloomberg Business:
Supreme Court to Take Up Case of Confederate Flag License Plates
Discussion: Althouse and The PJ Tatler
WGN Web Desk / WGN-TV:
Woman stabbed to death inside Elk Grove hospital room
Discussion: FOX31 Denver
Wired:
CRIME HAS GONE HIGH-TECH, AND THE LAW CAN'T KEEP UP
Discussion: Vox Popoli
Devlin Barrett / Wall Street Journal:
Charges Against Sen. Robert Menendez Expected as Early as This Week
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Fox News
Alan Gomez / USA Today:
Police departments hiring immigrants as officers
Daniel / Crooked Timber:
The World Is Squared: Episode 6 - Midsummer in Midwinter
 

 
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Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
Memo: WaPo's Matt Murray lays out plans for WP Ventures, the “third newsroom”; Krissah Thompson will be editor and Samantha Henig will be general manager

Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

 
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